Phoebe herself, it might be mentioned, had very seldom been lashed, particularly since the day of Myronâ ™ s entrance into the city when Marcus had finally accepted her as a mere slave., as opposed to a Cosian woman in his collar, to be sure, enslaved, on whom he could vent his hatred of Cos and things Cosian.

We had learned, however, after the fall of Arâ ™ s Station, that the official rumor circulated in the south was to the effect that Arâ ™ s Station had opened its gates to the Cosian expeditionary force, this in consideration of substantial gifts of gold.